Would the new Disneyland concepts work in Florida?
Well, the Disney internet community has certainly exploded with news that Disney plans an over 1 billion dollar expansion and overhaul at the Disneyland Resort. Since we mostly cover Disney World here and leave the west coast park to the Californians in the community I was not going to cover this much. But the news is absolutely fascinating and I just couldn’t resist.
Take a look at this LaughingPlace.com story that includes most of the conceptual drawing that accompany this news. Do these drawing look familiar? To varying degrees they do. Do you remember a few months ago we were shown some of these for no apparent reason? Well, now we have that reason.
We all know that Disney’s California Adventure is in desperate need for some reason to go there, but like I said, I’m a Florida guy. And I just can’t help myself but to notice how some of these ideas would fit oh so well into the Magic Kingdom.
Like this one…
Wouldn’t Tony Baxter’s dark ride, see the latest Little Mermaid DVD for a fun virtual ride-through of this, go perfectly into where 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea used to be?
And what about this one?
I have been hoping for a serious update to the Speedway for some time now. It’s lost its luster in my opinion. But forget a refurbishment of the same old ride. Let’s see if this ride, or some form of it, can fit into there. Yes, I know it is a Test Track style experience, but don’t let that stop it. How many roller coasters do we have at Walt Disney World? This could be a serious gate buster at the Magic Kingdom.
Matt said,
October 18, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
I think you have to agree the ideas presented here are good and steps in the right direction for the park.
Tom Corless said,
October 18, 2007 @ 7:59 pm
Supposedly, the Cars attraction is supposed to take up a huge amount of land, certainly more than is available at the Magic Kingdom. There is a Rumor that the attraction will replace the Backlot tour at the studios, there is a lot more room availble there and adjacent. I’ll have more on this on our podcast this week.
Mike said,
October 19, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
The speedway and the backlot tour both need to be redone
Raidermatt said,
October 25, 2007 @ 7:35 am
Cars Land will be 12 acres. But that includes two other smaller rides besides the “Radiator Springs Racers”. While I’d like to see some creativity and innovation in the form of some kind of E-ticket family ride, I’d take the RSRacers over the Speedway any day. At least I think I would… considering all we have to go on is one drawing.
Here’s my thoughts on the DCA expansion: http://www.july171955.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2&title=dca_to_get_extreme_makeover&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
The old 20k lagoon would be a perfect spot for a Mermaid attraction at MK. One thing to notice about the Mermaid concept art though, is that it is not the same ride system. The DVD showed a suspended vehicle like Peter Pan’s Flight that goes above and below the water line. The concept art shows the clamshells from the Epcot Nemo ride and no above/below water effect.